Roshila Pillay
latest news & developmentsLet’s all read together
The campaign to get South Africans reading kicked off last month with, among other materials, a colourful poster featuring school children, a lawyer, a newspaper vendor, a taxi…
Deaf in a hearing world
Despite being deaf, four young girls have settled in well at a Johannesburg former Model C school. Roshila Pillay reports Bibi Tilly, Nyeleti Nkwinika, Mpho Dlukulu and Lerato Ka…
Unisa crumbles in Orr case
Unisa staged a thorough retreat on Thursday when it accepted a settlement offer from former employee Margaret Orr that it had turned down the day before. Orr’s victory in this…
North West suspends pensions for disabled
These pensioners will have to reapply for their grants, a process that could take months.
SA won?t meddle with Bosch verdict
THE South African government will not intervene to save South African Mariette Bosch, who allegedly shot her best friend to marry her husband, from the gallows in Botswana.…
Passengers who flew into a rage
A 27-year-old Kenyan student almost crashed a jumbo jet when he invaded the cockpit because he felt threatened by other passengers.